North+Haven+Board+of+Education+v.+Bell

North Haven Board of Education v. Bell U.S Supreme Court - Why Americans Love Football Argued: December 9, 1981 Decided: May 17, 1982 Background: This court case involves Section 901(a) of Title IX, making sure that no person, on the basis of sex, should be discriminated against, excluded from, denied benefits from any educational program that is federally funded. There had been cases where teachers have been terminated without rehire after being out on maternity leave, discrepancies in salaries between different sexes holding the exact same position, and lack of promotions for those qualify of a position, but are being deprived because of their sex. This pertains to school activities involving students as well, but is the educators are affected as well.

 Decision and Rationale: Elaine Dove was a tenured teacher in the North Haven public school system. She went on a one-year maternity leave and the school system refused to rehire her because of the leave (or so her case). Dove filed a complaint with the HEW stating this violated her rights under Title IX. The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) began investigating into employment practices. North Haven refused to discuss matters with HEW because they believed that HEW did not have the authority to do so and North Haven contacted the US District Court to handle the case. Eventually the court decided that Title IX does protect employees and students through all provisions. Also it was found that termination of petitioners federal funds for this sort of discrimination are subject to the certain limitations of the programs.

Impact: As teachers, we need to know our rights. Make sure you do all research and understand all rights. If this happens to you, will you fight it? Well, you should.aSDFSDF This is where teachers just get pushed under the bus. It’s not fair. Always fight if you know it is discrimination against you or anyone else.

Question: Under what documentation did Elaine Dove find her rights being violated? (answer: Title IX) Submitted by Chelsea Moody, Jenna Bass and Megan Good